The two Mercedes started on the front row at Circuit de Catalyuna, Lewis Hamilton on pole and Nico Rosberg next to him. The duo maintained their positions at the start, with Valtteri Bottas (Williams) taking third from Daniel Ricciardo (Red Bull). During Lap 6 (of 66) Ricciardo was advised by this team that he didn’t have the speed to overtake and to drop back to a 2-sec gap and maintain his tires.
During Lap 14, however, Ricciardo was still just 0.466 sec behind the Finn, with Rosberg in...

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Anthony Davidson, Nicolas Lapierre, and Sebastien Buemi secured their second 2014 FIA World Endurance Championship victory in two races, crossing the finish line of the 6 Hours of Spa-Francorchamps in their #8 Toyota TS040 Hybrid 1 min 13.926 sec ahead of the #1 Audi R18 e-tron quattro (Lucas di Grassi, Loic Duval, Tom Kristensen). It was nearly a second 1-2 for Toyota, the Audi having crossed the line just 6.935 seconds in front of the #7 Toyota (A...

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Marc Lieb and Neel Jani drove the #14 Porsche 919 Hybrid to the make’s first pole in the FIA World Endurance Championship competition, its 2:01.198 lap time in qualifying for the 6 Hours of Spa-Francorchamps representing the average of the best times set by the two drivers. The Silverstone-winning #8 Toyota TS040 Hybrid of Sebastien Buemi and Anthony Davidson, qualified next to the Porsche on Row 1, posting an average time of 2:01.836. 201...